CHINA DAILY MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011 sports 23 scoreboard

ALPINE SKIING Fall of wkts: 1-41 (Smith), 2-127 (Amla), NEW JERSEY 3 NY Islanders 2 (OT) Nice 1 (Mouloungui 62) Auxerre 0 ’s Harbhajan Singh is bowled 3-173 (Kallis), 4-223 (de Villiers), 5-238 Atlanta 5 PHILADELPHIA 4 (OT) Sochaux 0 Lyon 2 (Lisandro 22, Pjanic 64) by ’s during Women’s World Cup slalom (Duminy), 6-247 (van Wyk), 7-279 (Botha). Columbus 3 CAROLINA 2 Arles-Avignon 3 (Meriem 6, Kermorgant Saturday’s results: Bowling: Zaheer 10-0-43-1, Nehra 8.4- FLORIDA 4 Tampa Bay 3 (OT) 64, Cabella 80) Lorient 3 (Amalfi tano 19, their World Cup group B match in 0-65-0, Patel 10-0-65-2, Pathan 4-0-20-0, Detroit 5 ST. LOUIS 3 Diarra 45, Gameiro 53) 1. Marlies Schild (AUT) 1:43.85 Nagpur on Saturday. REUTERS 2. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 1:44.78 Yuvraj 8-0-47-0, Harbhajan 9-0-53-3 (w1). NASHVILLE 4 Colorado 2 Lens 0 Toulouse 1 (Santander 75) 3. Tina Maze (SLO) 1:45.01) Result: South Africa win by three wickets 4 CALGARY 3 Saint-Etienne 2 (Sako 35-pen, Payet 88) 4. Maria Pietilae-holmner (SWE) 1:45.41 NY Rangers 3 SAN JOSE 2 (SO) Brest 0 5. Veronika Zuzulova (SVK) 1:45.42 (OT indicates overtime win) 6. Manuela Moelgg (ITA) 1:45.60 German league World Cup overall standings (after 30 of 35 World championship NORDIC SKIING Saturday’s results: events): Saturday’s results (penalties for missed VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Mandzukic 22) Nurem- 1. Maria Riesch (GER) 1678 pts, 2. Lindsey shots in brackets): World Cup combined berg 2 (Wollscheid 45+1, Nilsson 90+2) Vonn (USA) 1655, 3. Tina Maze (SLO) Men’s mass start (15km) World Cup combined results after the Bayern Munich 6 (Robben 40, 47, 55, 1003, 4. Elisabeth G 0 2rgl (AUT) 932, 5. 1. (NOR) 38min last event of the season: Ribery 64, Mueller 79, Westermann 85- Julia Mancuso (USA) 876, 6. Tanja Pou- 42.7sec (1), 2. Yevgeny Ustyugov (RUS) Event og) Hamburg 0 tiainen (FIN) 729 at 5.0sec (0), 3. (ITA) 14.3 (After ski jump and 10km cross country Schalke 04 2 (Jurado 45+1-pen, World Cup slalom standings (after eight of (1), 4. Tarjei Boe (NOR) 23.3 (2), 5. Ivan race - placing in ski jump in brackets): Charisteas 84) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 nine races): Tcherezov (RUS) 24.2 (1), 6. Ole Einar 1. (GER) 24min 35.3sec (Tzavellas 70) 1. Marlies Schild (AUT) 600 pts (cham- Bjoerndalen (NOR) 28.8 (1) (12), 2. (GER) same time (7), Hoffenheim 1 (Ibisevic 63) Borussia pion), 2. Tanja Poutiainen (FIN) 489, 3. World Cup mass start standings (after four 3. (AUT) at 0.9sec (23), Dortmund 0 Maria Riesch (GER) 420, 4. Maria Pietilae- of fi ve events): 4. (NOR) 1.0 (11), 5. Jason Kaiserslautern 2 (Nemec 33, Hoffer 90+2) Holmner (SWE) 337, 5. Veronika Zuzolova 1. (FRA) 194 pts, 2. Emil Lamy Chappuis (FRA) 1.1 (8), 6. Lukas SC Freiburg 1 (Nemec 21-og) (SVK) 302 Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 184, 3. Tarjei Boe Runggaldier (ITA) 1.9 (5) Werder Bremen 1 (Wagner 39) Borussia (NOR) 177, 4. Lukas Hofer (ITA) 126, 5. Final World Cup standings (after 13 events): Moenchengladbach 1 (Dante 90+2) Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) 117 1. Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 894pts World Cup overall standings (after 23 of 26 - champion, 2. Mikko Kokslien (NOR) Portugese league All- Open events): 656, 3. Felix Gottwald (AUT) 638, 4. Eric Saturday’s results: Saturday’s results (x denotes seeding): 1. Tarjei Boe (NOR) 1022 pts, 2. Emil Hegle Frenzel (GER) 554, 5. (AUT) Rio Ave 0 Sporting Lisbon 0 Men’s singles semifi nals Svendsen (NOR) 947, 3. Martin Fourcade 481, 6. Johannes Rydzek (GER) 442 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 Vitoria Setubal 1 (MAS x1) bt (FRA) 900, 4. (GER) 638, 5. (CHN x5) 21-17, 21-13; (CHN x3) Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) 636, 6. Michael World Cup nordic ski Scottish Cup bt (GER) 21-9, 16-21, 21-11 Greis (GER) 636 World Cup results on Saturday: Saturday’s results: Men’s pursuit (10km classic + 10km freestyle): Women’s singles semifi nals CYCLING Quarterfi nals (CHN x1) bt 1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 47min 31.3sec, Brechin 2 (McAllister 42-pen, 78) St John- (CHN x3) 21-19, 21-17; (JPN) 2. Maurice Manifi cat (FRA) at 0.8sec, -Nice stone 2 (Millar 48, Invincibile 62) bt (BUL) 21-15, 22-20 3. Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 1sec, 4. Roland St Mirren 1 (McGowan 77) Aberdeen 1 Men’s doubles semifi nals Results and standings after the seventh Clara (ITA) 1.5, 5. Petr Sedov (RUS) 1.8, 6. Smith hails ‘massive’ (McArdle 90) / (DEN stage of Paris-Nice on Saturday: Lukas Bauer (CZE) 1.8 x1) bt Chai Biao/Guo Zhendong (CHN) 1. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA) AST 5hr 46min Overall (after 26 of 31 races): Spanish league 23sec, 2. Samuel Sanchez (ESP) EUS at 26-24, 21-12; Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon 1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 1367pts, 2. Petter Saturday’s results: 05sec, 3. Rigoberto Uran (COL) MOV 05, Heong (MAS x5) bt Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng Northug (NOR) 894, 3. Daniel Rickardsson Almeria 2 (Crusat 49, Goitom 77) Atletico 4. Andreas Kloden (GER) RSH 07, 5. Tony (CHN x6) 21-11, 23-21 (SWE) 816, 4. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 789, 5. Madrid 2 (Aguero 39, 61) Martin (GER) THR 07, 6. Rein Taaramae Women’s doubles semifi nals Alexander Legkov (RUS) 716, 6. Marcus Real Madrid 2 (Benzema 24, 56) Hercules 0 (EST) COF 07 /Reika Kakiiwa (JPN) bt Hellner (SWE) 693 Real Zaragoza 4 (Jarosik 5, Ander 40, win for South Africa Shizuka Matsuo/ (JPN) 21-19, Overall Women’s pursuit (5km classic + 5km freestyle) Gabi 65-pen, 75-pen) Valencia 0 21-17; / (CHN x3) bt 1. Tony Martin (GER) THR 30hr 46min 1. (NOR) 25min 43.9sec, Line Damkjaer Kruse/Marie Ropke (DEN) 17sec, 2. Andreas Kloden (GER) RSH at 0: 2. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) same time, TENNIS 21-18, 18-21, 21-9 36sec, 3. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) SKY 0: 3. Arianna Follis (ITA) 23.5, 4. Marit Bjoer- Mixed doubles semifi nals 41, 4. Rein Taaramae (EST) COF 1:10, 5. gen (NOR) 37.8, 5. (SWE) ATP/WTA Indian Wells Xu Chen/ (CHN) bt Michael Fuchs/ Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) ALM 1:21, India’s unbeaten World Cup record was staring down the bar- s.t., 6. (ITA) 39.3 Results on Saturday at the $9 million (GER) 21-19, 21-17; Sudket 6. Samuel Sanchez (ESP) EUS 1:29 World Cup overall standings (after 26 of 31 races): tournament (x denotes seed): Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam rel, wasn’t I? But I think we 1. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1739 pts, 2. Men’s 2nd rd (THA x3) bt Hendra Setiawan (INA)/ GOLF ends as Group B is now wide open Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 1132, 3. Arianna Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Rick de Voest all pulled it back beautifully. Anastasia Russkikh (RUS) 21-15, 21-17 Follis (ITA) 1085, 4. Marianna Longa (ITA) (RSA) 6-0, 6-2; Somdev Devvarman (IND) World Golf Championships Cadillac 978, 5. Therese Johaug (NOR) 967, 6. It was a fantastic display by BASKETBALL Championship bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x19) 7-5, 6-0; Petra Majdic (SLO) 894 Fernando Verdasco (ESP x9) bt Ricardas NAGPUR, India — South for 75 we played some incred- the batters too, to reach that Leading scores on Saturday after the Berankis (LTU) 7-5, 2-0 retired; Albert NBA results on Saturday (home team in CAPS) SKI JUMP third round of the $8.75 million event Montanes (ESP x23) bt Jarkko Nieminen MIAMI 118 Memphis 85 Africa skipper ible ,” said Smith aft er total. Overall a great team (USA unless noted, par-72 course): (FIN) 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 7-6 (7/2); Ivo Karlovic ATLANTA 91 Portland 82 203 - Dustin Johnson 69-69-65 World Cup (CRO) bt David Ferrer (ESP x6) 7-6 (7/3), LA Clippers 122 WASHINGTON 101 said on Saturday that success- the three-wicket win. performance.” 205 - Luke Donald (GBR) 67-72-66, Matt Result of the ski jump World Cup team 6-3; Tommy Robredo (ESP x25) bt Mischa NEW ORLEANS 115 Sacramento 103 Kuchar 68-69-68, Nick Watney 67-70-68 event here on Saturday, after two legs: Zverev (GER) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Albert Montanes fully chasing nearly 300 to beat “Chasing 300 on that deck, Indian skipper Mahendra CHICAGO 118 Utah 100 206 - Adam Scott (AUS) 68-70-68, Rory 1. 1086.0 points; 2. 1065.3 (ESP x23) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 7-6 MILWAUKEE 102 Philadelphia 74 McIlroy (NIR) 68-69-69, Francesco 3. 1028.3; 4. 1017.9; 5. (7/5), 2-6, 7-6 (7/2); Oleksandr Dolgopolov India was a “massive thing” for second innings was a hell of Singh Dhoni backed his deci- LA Lakers 96 DALLAS 91 Molinari (ITA) 68-68-70, Hunter Mahan 999.7 (UKR x20) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-4, San Antonio 115 HOUSTON 107 his team after a confidence- an eff ort from the guys and I sion to bring back Nehra for 64-71-71 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bt Ivan DENVER 131 Detroit 101 207 - Martin Laird (GBR) 67-70-70, Pad- SOCCER Ljubicic (CRO x14) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Donald sapping defeat to England. think we’re all pretty speech- the fi nal over. raig Harrington (IRL) 68-71-68 CRICKET Young (USA) bt Andy Murray (GBR x5) 7-6 208 - Steve Stricker 68-71-69, Anders Belgian league (7/4), 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA x28) bt Rainer Needing 13 to win in the less at the moment.” And he said the batsmen Hansen (DEN) 71-69-68, Vijay Singh (FIJ) India v South Africa World Cup Saturday’s results: Schüttler (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Sam Querrey 68-72-68 Eupen 1 Anderlecht 1 (USA x21) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-4, last over off He said India’s openers had earlier lost their way in Complete scoreboard of the World Cup 210 - Paul Casey (GBR) 70-71-69, Martin Lokeren 1 Lierse 1 6-4; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x11) bt Michael CRICKET Group B match in Nagpur on Saturday: Kaymer (GER) 66-70-74 Charleroi 0 Standard Liege 2 Russell (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Xavier Malisse (BEL) seamer Ashish had put his side under “mas- front of a huge home crowd. India: 211 - Bo Van Pelt 71-74-66, Louis Oosthui- Zulte-Waregem 1 St-Truiden 2 bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x15) 7-6 (8/6), Nehra, South sive pressure” at the start of “You don’t play for the V. Sehwag b du Plessis 73 zen (RSA) 71-73-67, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) Germinal Beerschot 1 KV Mechelen 1 7-5; Ryan Sweeting (USA) bt Juan Monaco S. Tendulkar c Duminy b Morkel 111 65-76-70, D.A. Points 68-72-71, Aaron Club Brugge 4 Courtrai 1 (ARG x27) 6-1, 0-6, 6-1; Philipp Kohlsch- Africa found an unlikely star their innings but the Proteas crowds. They always want G. Gambhir c Kallis b Steyn 69 Baddeley (AUS) 72-66-73 RC Genk 0 Westerlo 2 reiber (GER) bt Tim Smyczeck (USA) 2-6, Y. Pathan c Smith b Steyn 0 ... Ghent 1 Cercle Brugge 0 6-2, 7-6 (8/6); Robin Soderling (SWE x4) bt in Robin Peterson who plun- had “showed a lot of com- you to hit sixes and fours but Yuvraj Singh c Botha b Kallis 12 212 - Ernie Els (RSA) 69-70-73, Jhonattan Michael Berrer (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) MS Dhoni not out 12 Vegas (VEN) 69-74-69 Dutch league dered 16 runs off the fi rst four posure.” if you lose quite a few wickets V. Kohli c and b Peterson 1 213 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 69-76-68, Saturday’s results: Women’s 2nd rd Harbhajan Singh b Steyn 3 Robert Allenby (AUS) 72-72-69, Robert balls to help his side overhaul “When we got our chance we in the powerplay or with overs Heracles 4 Excelsior 1 Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Klara Zako- Zaheer Khan c Morkel b Peterson 0 Karlsson (SWE) 69-73-71 Roda JC 1 AZ 67 Alkmaar 2 palova (CZE x31) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Agnieszka India’s 296 all out. took it with some great bowling to spare, it’s always better that A. Nehra c Smith b Steyn 0 214 - Tiger Woods 70-74-70, Edoardo Radwanska (POL x9) bt Iveta Benesova Vitesse Arnhem 1 SC Heerenveen 1 M. Patel b Steyn 0 Molinari (ITA) 71-73-70, Lee Westwood (CZE) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Dinara Safi na (RUS) India looked set to post by Dale and a couple of the the batsmen play the overs, Extras (lb2, nb1, w12) 15 (GBR) 70-74-70, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 71- English FA Cup bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x26) 7-6 Total (for all out; 48.4 overs) 296 73-70, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 70-73-71, (7/2), 6-4; Aravane Rezai (FRA x20) bt a mammoth total when it other guys chipped in,” he said. delay your slog a bit and get Fall of wkts: 1-142 (Sehwag), 2-267 K.J. Choi (KOR) 73-69-72 Saturday’s results: Zhang Shuai (CHN) 7-6 (7/5), 6-0; Alisa (Tendulkar), 3-268 (Gambhir), 4-268 Quarterfi nals Kleybanova (RUS x22) bt Agnes Szavay reached 267-1 following Sachin “To get over the line chasing maybe a par score and don’t (Pathan), 5-283 (Yuvraj), 6-286 (Kohli), US PGA Puerto Rico Open Birmingham 2 (Jerome 38, Phillips 80) (HUN) 6-3, 7-5; Flavia Pennetta (ITA x13) 7-293 (Harbhajan), 8-294 (Zaheer), 9-296 Scores on Saturday after the third round Bolton 3 (Elmander 21, Davies 66-pen, bt Elena Baltacha (GBR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Tendulkar’s brilliant 111 for his for us is just a massive thing”. look for that extra 20 or 25 (Nehra), 10-296 (Patel). of the $3.5 million event: Lee 90) Samantha Stosur (AUS x4) bt Laura Pous 48th one-day hundred, but lost And he said they had learned runs,” he said. Bowling: Steyn 9.4-0-50-5 (w6), Morkel 200 - Troy Matteson 67-67-66 Man Utd 2 (Fabio 28, Rooney 49) Arsenal 0 (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Maria Jose Martinez (ESP 7-0-59-1 (nb1), Kallis 8-0-43-1 (w1), Peter- 203 - Hunter Haas 67-68-68 x28) bt Simona Halep (ROM) 7-5, 6-0; its last nine wickets for just 29 lessons both from the six-run “Overall I think the perfor- son 9-0-52-2 (w2), Duminy 3-0-29-0, Botha 204 - Michael Bradley 68-68-68 English Championship Victoria Azarenka (BLR x8) bt Ekaterina 9-0-39-0 (w2), du Plessis 3-0-22-1 (w1). 206 - Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 71-68-67, Burnley 0 Millwall 3 Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Lucie Hradecka runs in nine overs. defeat against England and the mance was good. If we could South Africa: Brandt Jobe 69-71-67, Angel Cabrera Coventry 0 Hull 1 (CZE) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM x27) H. Amla c Dhoni b Harbhajan 61 (ARG) 66-71-69, George McNeil 69-66-71, Derby 2 Swansea 1 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x1) Man of the match Dale win over the host nation. have fielded a bit better it G. Smith c Tendulkar b Zaheer 16 Chris Tidland 71-63-72 Leeds 0 Ipswich 0 bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Maria Steyn (5-50) played a key role “The confidence you get definitely would have made J. Kallis run out 69 207 - Chris DiMarco 68-69-70, Michael Nottingham Forest 0 Doncaster 0 Kirilenko (RUS x24) bt Anna Chakvetadze AB de Villiers c Kohli b Harbhajan 52 Thompson 68-69-70, Fabian Gomez (ARG) Portsmouth 0 Middlesbrough 0 (RUS) 6-2, 1-3 retired; Peng Shuai (CHN) in his team’s fi ghtback to bag out of a win like this is huge the score look slightly bigger, JP Duminy st Dhoni b Harbhajan 23 67-70-70, Bobby Gates 70-69-68 QPR 2 Crystal Palace 1 bt Li Na (CHN x7) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Nadia F. du Plessis not out 25 Scunthorpe 0 Leicester 3 Petrova (RUS x18) bt Sofi a Arvidsson his maiden fi ve-wicket haul in so hopefully we can build on but at the same time we’re M. van Wyk lbw b Patel 5 ICE HOCKEY Watford 3 Sheffi eld Utd 0 (SWE) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); Christine McHale J. Botha c sub (Raina) b Patel 23 (USA) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x11) one-day internationals. this now.” not a side which is known for R. Peterson not out 18 NHL results on Saturday (home team in CAPS) French league 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (9/7); Maria Sharapova Extras (lb7, w1) 8 Montreal 3 PITTSBURGH 0 Saturday’s results: (RUS x16) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues “For 15 overs up front we Fast bowler Steyn said: fi elding.” Total (for seven wickets; 49.4 overs) 300 TORONTO 4 Buffalo 3 Nancy 2 (Nguemo 38, Traore 85) Caen 0 (ESP) 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 6-1. took an absolute beating but “After my first five overs I AGENCE PRESSE

changchunspecial Changchun mayor: Better quality of life needed

By LIU MINGTAI for producers, transporters Home to auto giant FAW, its and traders. joint ventures and hundreds of Changchun, capital of “Underprivileged residents component suppliers, Chang- Northeast ’s Jilin prov- are always the fi rst victims of chun is heavily reliant on the ince, has registered such rapid infl ation,” Cui said. automotive industry. economic growth in recent “To help them overcome dif- But Cui noted the sector years that the city government fi culties, we usually adjust the faces overcapacity in the near is now shift ing its emphasis to subsidy for them according to term. improved social welfare for price fl uctuations. Last year, we “For the medium and long residents starting from 2011, even off ered free rice, fl our and term, the industry is very the fi rst year of the 12th Five- cooking oil,” he added. promising because at present Year Plan, said Mayor Cui Jie. The mayor said he expects the number of families own- Cui made the remarks in the CPI can be kept at 4 ing cars is still small in China,” last week on the side- percent this year due to such Cui said. lines the ongoing National measures. He said Changchun’s auto People’s Congress. Cui Jie Cui said another effort to industry is still expanding, but Th e mayor admitted that one improve the quality of life is at a rational pace. of the problems his govern- year’s 420 yuan a month to increased investment in public He predicted the city will ment faces is the lag in local 574 yuan. services and facilities, includ- have an annual production incomes, which trail economic Cui said the income tax on ing construction of aff ordable capacity of 3 million vehicles growth fi gures. household businesses has also apartments for middle and in the next fi ve years. “Now it’s time to solve the been lowered, with the first low-income residents. Th e mayor also highlighted problem,” he said, adding that 10,000 yuan now tax free. Cui said about 600 apart- the railway equipment indus- the government will further Before the levy began at 5,000 ments with total floor space try. promote employment, offer yuan. of 30,000 square meters will China has made astonishing more assistance to low-income He estimated that 40,000 be built this year and sold to progress over the past decade residents, lower taxes for indi- businesspeople benefit from middle-income families at as it developed into a world Among Changchun’s achievements is a bullet train produced by China Northern Locomotive and viduals and owners of small the new policy. aff ordable prices. leader in high-speed railways. Rolling Stock Industry Group. City leaders are now looking for greater social advancements. firms, expand social security In addition, about 10,000 “Changchun, the nation’s and lift the minimum wage for Fighting infl ation apartments will be construct- important production site of laborers. The mayor also admitted ed and leased to low-income locomotives and rolling stock, Cui noted growing mini- rising infl ation is a widespread families. is on its way to becoming a mum wage “benefi ciaries are concern among locals. The government will con- heavyweight in the global either the low-income urban The city’s consumer price tinue to renovate about 2 mil- industry,” Cui said. residents or the migrant work- index (CPI) was 3.6 percent lion square meters of outdated Financed by the China ers from the countryside”. last year, lower than Jilin’s aver- residential buildings for the Northern Locomotive and “We must ensure that there age of 4.2 percent, but higher urban residents. Rolling Stock Industry Group, will be no more zero-employ- than the national rate of 3.3 a railway industry park in ment families,” added the percent. Auto city Changchun will start produc- mayor. “Rising commodity prices A famed auto city in China, tion by the end of this year, The government will also will affect people’s living Changchun itself now has far manufacturing 1,500 high- increase subsidies for low- standard and will even infl u- more vehicles on the road, speed, 1,200 bullet trains and income and underprivileged ence social stability,” Cui said, which requires the government 3,000 subway trains yearly, residents. adding that the government to improve traffi c conditions. according to Cui. According to regulations is taking measures to stabilize “But we won’t copy Beijing’s Cui said the output value that took effect on Jan 1, the the prices. experience in restricting the from the railway equipment subsidy for low-income fami- One initiative is to increase number of new car licenses,” industry in the city is expected lies will grow 15 percent from plantation of farm produce said the mayor. to exceed 30 billion yuan ($4.57 last year, while the subsidy for because food prices are the He said measures to solve billion) this year, nearly triple disabled residents will increase biggest contributor to the lat- traffi c congestion include more that in 2010. by 20 percent. est round of infl ation. and better roads, enhanced He predicted that by the end In addition, government- Th e government has already traffic management and of 2015, railway equipment off ered unemployment insur- cut the tax on vegetable trans- promoting the use of public production in Changchun will PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ance will increase from last actions and offered subsidies transportation. be valued at 100 billion yuan. The local government started to renovate old apartments to better resist the cold last year.